Placemakers: Bill Coleman
When Bill Coleman and his wife Karen moved to Park City in 1972, the sidewalks were still wooden. The streetlamps had blue mercury vapor lights, there was trash in vacant lots, and the locals made a…
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Small Town Stories: OffBeat Productions
Artists always seem to find each other, Shannon Nellis believes, citing her journey from an LA acting class to co-owning Offbeat Productions merchandising in Park City with her husband, Bob. "Bob and…
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Small Town Stories: Spitz - Mediterranean Street Food
While exploring the world's most remote places, where basics are often sparse, Bryce Rademan noticed something. "There is so much joy, community and happiness not based on materiality," he observes…
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Small Town Stories: Skis on the Run
When Patrick Fannon took his spouse Liz for a Tahoe ski weekend from their San Francisco home, "I thought it was magical," the Skis on the Run and Switchback Sports co-owner recalls. "My wife…
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Small Town Stories: White Truffle Catering
“I can keep my team laughing all day,” says Chef Panita Davison of White Truffle Catering, preparing meals to donate to Primary Children’s Hospital in Salt Lake, one of her many community engagements…
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Small Town Stories: Backcountry Portraits
“A winter elopement after a night of heavy snowfall,” recalls photographer Stefan Olson of the husband-wife photography team at Backcountry Portraits. “That shoot stands out. The couple skied fresh…
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Placemakers: Sally Elliot
Sally Cousins Elliott has lived a life of adventures. Some came from being a military wife of 19 years. Some from growing up in Muskogee Oklahoma, the Indian Capital of the world; she said where the…
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Small Town Stories: Skywalker Balloon Company
“A different, better world” is how Will Drummer describes Utah upon arriving from his native Austria more than 30 years ago. Intending a short visit with a friend in Salt Lake, a few ski trips to…
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Small Town Stories: Slumber Lane
Combine creativity with devotion to family and community, and you get Jennifer Hamaway and Gretchen Rubell's Slumber Lane, "Park City's official sleepover company," and they laugh. "One of our new…
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New Member Spotlight: August 2024
In August 2024, the Park City Chamber welcomed 16 new members! Take a minute to learn a bit more about these great local businesses. Backcountry Portraits is a husband-and-wife team based in Utah…
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